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will be much above per cent, while there
Is reasonable expectation that good part
of every maturing debt may be paid off.
The sinking fund has been increased to
over two millions Of dollars; none of the
revenues of the state have fallen off. The
passing of dividend by the B. & o. Rail
road Company does not affect the states
investments in that corporation. The
states holding is Of preferred stock and
Washington Branch stock, the revenues
from which aggregate about $4,000
yearly. On the other hand, Baltimore
city will lack the interest on 30, 900 shares
of common stock, which will very likely
necessitate some increase in the city tax
rate. 4~ haa
1t yiew.o the difficulty which seems to
be experienced in getting down to all the
facts in connections with b. and 0. affairs,
it has been suggested that the Baltimore
CITY delegation in the General Assembly
should call for an investigating committee
or invoke the powers of the constitution
committee, which may send for persons and
papers. The subject has been discussed,
and, it is thought that great deal could
be learned if the right persons are sent for.
The State is justified at any time in making
searching inquiries into the corporations it
has created, especially so when SO large a
body of its people as the city of Baltimore
is directly concerned to know all the why's
and wherefores leading to the unpleasant
contingency of paying higher taxes.
The question of what will be done with
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, or rather
with the States controlling interest in that
work, is one which is exercising the inge-
nuity of a great many statesmen. To sell,
to lease or to make the canal free water
highway are the three horns of this dilem-
ma. 1t seems to be very sure that Western
Maryland will never be willing to let the
canal go, and that it is their wish to have
it made free waterway, to be maintained
in great part by the federal government, in
whose territory of the District of Columbia
the outlet is located, and where really much
of the solid benefit is left, apart from the
interests of the coal mines and coal opera
tors, who must have competitive route
with the railroads.
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EoR SALE.


Ill Acres prime limestone Il4 a1f
land near New mlnesol, L,.;Id;nns. iii
miles from Westminster, nnG s;rabIe f,rm.
IN gooa con con sety la u.a,., an years
price Slz,UoV-Thaii cash. p"i@AeS
time. ~ -, Ua.,,,;,-
Farm OF ooz acres, 4z nlies 6 ,.oe. w AZ
ster, "a ml.es Iroll !. a'aR g.: e. zoo
H. n; Du ,.0. ia,i, rSi ac-as half mile
OholGe ne.ie IA :. - "a. h~;oi. ho1sa.
from "es'n,ns'er, yoou sea, Ell 000
large parn; ann goou eonulso",p ;',e iarJ.
Nice little nome; acres, pt,I ol ' hnnse.
miles west from +" es. ~ 90 900
panK DARN more ianu w IA Pa;irosd.
raster ana Dohe mn ~, "a a,.res ~
buildings new; pest OF nacnln5d asas,;n -,
land; good water power splenu,u UP p;nass
TO engage IN a Pron ~, ono anu s'o"'"s
terms easy; price POW. Ia ~ chea
22o0 acres prime TIMBER ian! ~ ,. Sn.Is
river. west Virginia. neasy oris,nal $500 ~
OF poplar, req OAK, ash, WAlhu', ensay
land valuable 1or grazing purposes aisel s''i'Do'
is off; price ~ per acre; ~ ,., ~
Machine shops at New WINDSOR, Mu. an
the necessary buildings for the manuiacturs
and repair Of machinery. Ihis properly VIII
be sold; bargain at easy payments; price
81, 500. "a
or acres OF woodland. near pnpnc roaa
from Westminster to MT AIRY, miies seu'n-
east from New WINDSOR. fnce SSoo. W.
A small home, acres, on ROAD from west
minister to New Windsor, mile from former
place; good house, good staS e,a gooo wafer,
extra fine fruit, &c. Pnce SlzoO.
Fine brick house on John street, roons,
conveniently arranged. an IN nrss CLASS eon
dition. Quite bargain at $2Oo0. -,
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FAST MAIL-DAII.Y.

l.
Leaves Hillen Station, Baltimore, at 440 a. m,
Glyndon 52l, Westminster 5-51, New Windsor Cos,
Union Bridge 613 Mechanicstown $40, Blue Ridge
Summit 7.06, arriving ut Hagerstown, c. V. D., at
745.
Leaves Hagerstcwn for Baltimore at Hasa. M,
Blue Ridge Summit 1922 Mech nnicstown12. 40 Union
Bridge los New Windsor LIB, Westminster 1.27,
Gyndon 200, arriving at Hillen Station, Baltimore,
at 240 p. m.
Going East, will leave Union Bridge for Baltimore
and intermediate Stations at 6.25 AIS D. IA and
Westminster at 7.05 m. and ASS p. m. Going West
will leave Baltimore for Union Bridge and inter-
mediate Stations at $50 g.. m, and $50 p m. and
Westminster at 11.l2 a. m and All p. m.
EAIMITSBURG RAILROAD-Daily except Sunday.
Trains South will leave Emmittsburg at 845
o. m. and $50 and 545 p. NJ arriving at Rocky
Ridge at 915 q. m. and 400 and 6.15 p. m.
Trains North will leave Rocky Ridge at 1910 m.
and 4.0S and 6.3I p. m, arriving at Emmittsburg
lilo a. m, and 4.3S and 701 p. m.
BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND VALLEY Z. r.
Trains leave East daily, except Sunday. Shippens-
burg. 655 a. H. and 1.S0 and 400 p. m, Chambers
burg 72S a. m, 203 and 4.3S p. m. Waynesboro SOC
a. m al and $40 p. M, arriving at Edgemont S.25
a. m. and 800 and 5.28 p. NJ
Trains West daily except Sunday. Edgemont
T1S and 11A1 a. m, and 730 p. m, Waynesboro 73s
a. m and u m. and $50 p. m, Chambersburg $40 q.
m, and 1910 and $50 p m, arriving at Shippens-
burg $50 q. m, and LILO and 900 p. m.
Orders for Baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office, 217 E. Baltimore street.
J. NJ. HOOD, Gen1. Manager
dec II B. 81. GRswoLD Gen1. Passenger Agent.
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BOX PAPER. TOILET SOAP.
COLOGNE.

tGenlf1a8 SEA 9ons s. to08 1iEo
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dec II
DAT1F1cAP1oN NOTICE.


In the Orphans Court of Carroll County.
DECEMBER TERN, 1887.
Estate of Joseph Roop, deceased.
On application it is ordered this 18th day
of December, 1887, that the sale of the Real
Estate of Joseph Roop, late of Carroll eoun-
ty, deceased, made by James Roop, Executor
of the last VIII and Testament of said deceas-
ed, and this day reported to this Court by the
said Executor, be ratified and confirmed, un-
less cause be shown to the contrary, on or
before the Sd Monday, 18th day, of January,
next; provided copy of this order be insert
ed for three successive weeks in some news
paper printed and published in Carroll county,
before the I'd Monday, 10th day, of January,
next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
Fifty-twe hundred dollars ($5 200.
DAVID H. HOFFACKER, 'ssai
JAMES P. SUMMERS. Judges.
JAMES w. WHITE,
True copy,-Test:
GEO. NJ. PARKE,
decl7 st Register of Wills.
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Test for Drinking Water.

When you go out of town to summer
hotel take in your dressing bag an ounce
vial of saturated solution of permanganate of
potash, which any druggist will prepare for
few cents, and put half dozen drops into
tumbler of the drinking water that is sup
piled. If it turns brown in an hour it is,
broadly speaking, unfit to drink; if not, it
is not especially harmful. If country
hotels sewerage system is confined to cess
pools within 100 feet of the house, and
near the water supply, take next train to
point further on.-Americdn Magazine.
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.. 1855 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county sitting
as a Court Of Equity.
David E. Stem, Mortgagee, vs. John Penn oil
s., Mortgagor.
Ordered this l4th day Of December, A. D.,
1887, that the sale of the mortgaged property
made and reported IN the above entitled cause,
by David 4. Stem, Mortgage, by virtue of a
power Of sale contained in mortgage from
John Penn-of s., to him, dated on the 9th day
of September, a. D., 1882, and recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage Records OF
Carroll County, in Liber F. I. s., No. IS,
folio l49, be finally ratified and confirmed
unless cause to the contrary be shown on or
before the 10th day Of January, next provid-
ed copy Of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Carroll county, Mary
land. once a week for three successive weeks
previous to the 18th day Of January, next.
The report states the amount of sale TO be
WIN. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
True Copy,-Test:
dec. II 81 WM. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
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NEW AND CHOICE DESIGNS OF FELT

LAMBREoUINs, FELT scARFs FOR
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True happiness is of retired nature,
aud an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises,
in the first place, from the enjoyment Of
ones self, and in the next, from the friend
ship and conversation of select COM
panion.
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One of the first requisites Of a wel-order-
ed home is punctuality. If there is no
regard for time, if the administration is
'happy-go-lucky, there will always be more
or less friction.
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TsAx PAYERS OF srd DIsTR1cT.

True Copy,-Test:
dec. II 81 WM. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
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''You know, of course" said the old
man to the young man, 'that my daughter
has 100000 in her own right? ayes,
sill" Sand you are not worth cent 2"
Sim poor, sir; but, great Scott $780,
600 is enough for twor' ~ a1r
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CUSTOM AND LAW

Compel people to wear Boots, Shoes, Hats
and Caps, and it takes money to get them.
With the present low prices for farm products
and labor, it is just as much one duty to buy
where he can get the most and best for his
money as it is to labor and till the soil. in
order to get money with which to supply his
wants. Some people are foolish enough to
think and act otherwise, but don't you doit."
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PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING EAST.
nailr excenf Hnndnus
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DO you NEED
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps P
DON'T you DO TT.

Very few people can afford to part with
their money for anything less than its full
value. Until you have thoroughly investi.
gated the sources of supply, and know where
to get the most for your money, it is not wise
to let it slip out Of your pockets into other
peoples pockets. Many people part with
their money without proper care or thought,
but don't you do it. 8
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The saddest hour IN young mans life
is when he thinks he can get dollar 10
some other way than by squarely earning
it.
Mans aim in life is to gain name,
woman's is to change her name
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AIsU Il Iarge RESENTMENT OF "
Trunks, Valises, q Umbrellas, &c.

Don't you spend your money until you have
visited this store and carefully noted the
quality, styles and prices. A dollar saved is
dollar made, and the easiest way in this
world to make dollar is to save it. Some
people act otherwise, but if you value money
'dont you do it,"
U. L. BEAVER,
---oct15 At the Railroad
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As the tendency this season seems to be
towards useful presents, we have made extern
sive preparation in that direction; consequent.
ly will devote less attention to ornamental
presents that have no value.
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Leather Goods for Christmas
Presents.

Card Cases, Pocketbooks, Writing Tables,
Portfolios, Satchels, Manieures, Work Satch-
els, Cigar Cases, Smokers Sets. Glove
Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, Collar and
Cuff Boxes, Whisp Holders, &c.
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Co-PARTNRRsHIp NOTICE.

The undersigned have formed co partner,
ship for the. practice of the Law, under the
firm name of Reifsnider & Reifsnider. Spe.
cial attention given to the Settlement of
Estates and Collections Office on Main St,
adjoining the residence of Chas. I. Reif-
snider. CHAS. I. REIFSNIDER,
oc % ]. MILTON REIFSNIDER.
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DOOM,
y
pg WE START THE BALL
ROLLING.

WE NOW HAVE THE REPUTATION
OF BEING THE PLEADING Low PRICED
CLOTHING, SHOE AND HAT HOUSE.
IT is, TO YOUR INTEREST TO Elk.
ANIME OUR STOCK BEFORE PUR-
CHASING ELSEWHERE. WE HAVE
Mems Suits from s2.75 to 800
Mems Pants from SOC to SO.
Mems Overcoats from $3.50 to 500.
Boys Suits from 81 to $40.
Boys overcoats from $3.50 to sl2.
MEMS AND BOYS BOOTS and SHOES
IN ENDLESS VARIETY AND AT Elk
cEEDINGLY Low PRICES. LADIES'
AND CHILDREN's SHOEs-WE CAN
SAVE YOU MONEY ON EVERY PAIR.
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE.
aee FRED. D. MILLER & CO.,
Albaugh Building, near R. R., Westminster,
Headquarters for Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Trunks, Valises and Mems Furnishing
Goods.
octl If
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TABLE STANDS, BoUFFET, BUREAUS
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Navy
ATTRACTIVE & Suitable Articles

rOn
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BAR Do Not Forget Our Dress
Goods Department.

"a 10 8s,s RI
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dec17st
DATIFIcATIoN NOTICE.

- -
III
In the Orphans Court of Carroll County
DECEMBER TERM, 1887.
Estate of John Peter Yingling, deceased.
On application it is ordered this 18th day
of December, 1887, that the sale of the real es-
tate of John Peter Yingling, late of Carroll
county, deceased, made by Noah L. STAINS
bury and William Grouse. executors of the last
will and testament of said deceased, and this
day reported to this Court by the said execu-
tors, be ratified and confirmed unless cause be
shown to the contrary, on or before the Sd
Monday, 18th day, of January, next; provided
copy of this order be inserted for three sue
cessive weeks in some newspaper printed and
published in Carroll county, before the I'd
Monday, 10th day, of January, next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
One hundred and one dollars and fifty cents
($l0l.50.)
DAVID H. HOFFACKER,
JAMES P. SUMMERS, Judges.
JAMES w. WHITE,
True Copy,-Test:
GEO. NJ. PARKE,
dec17 st Register of Wills.
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Persons in arrears for taxes in Myers dis
trict for the years 1884, 1886 and 1886, are
hereby notified to make payment by January
LIST, 1888, otherwise they will be collected by
law. 2 EMANUEL YEfSER,
dee17 81 Collector Of Third District.
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s9 SHARPER BROS, @
sept "a
A CARD.

A CARD.
IHAvE NOT QUIT THE WALL PAPER
BUSINESS YET. IT WAS REPORTED
THAT HAD QUIT AND GONE TO THE
COUNTRY. l AM STILL IN THE SAME
PLACE THAT 1 ALWAYS WAS, PUT
TING PAPER ON WALLS FROM SC TO
1Oc A PIECE LESS THAN ANY OTHER
FIRM IN THE STATE. EXPECT TO
REMAIN IN WESTMINSTER, and GUAR
ANTEE ALL MY WORK, AND IF WORK
is NOT SATISFACTORY AM HERE TO
MAKE IT RIGHT OR REFUND THE
MONEY, AND 1 USE NOTHING BUT
THE BEST OF PAPER, SO soR. FEET
ToTHEPIEoE. THANKFUL FOR PAST
FAvoRs, I REMAIN, RESPECTFULLY,
L. GLADHILL,
NO. 4e W. MAIN STREET,
marie if WESTMINSTER, MD.
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HANDKERCHIEFS.

Endless variety for Ladies, Misses and
Gents; Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, Silk
Muflers, Mems and Boys Scarfs.
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JOSEPH M. PARKE,
0HAs. E. FINK,

GHAS. E. FINK,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Receutly Of the Firm of Reifsnider Fink,
Will attend promptly to all legal business
entrusted to him. Office No. 100 L. Main
street, near Court street, opposite the Farm
ers and Mechanics National Bank, Westmin-
ster, Nd. oct. %, Soy
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EQUITABLE MORTGAGE
IL COMPANY.
Capital. ,OoO, 900 90
6 Paid in CASH -. LOCO. ooo. 90


!" Paid in Cash -. 1000, 900 90
Six per cent. debentures and farm mortga-
ges guaranteed by the Equitable Mortgage
Company. Interest payable semi.annually at
First National Banks of New Windsor and
Westminster, or at any of the offices of the
Company. Investors can obtain any amounts
desired from $4,000 upwards. A safe, con-
venient and permanent investment for either
large or small amounts.
Philadelphia Office S. E. Cor. 4th & Chest
nut SITS.
These securities and full information con-
corning them can be obtained upon applica-
ton to
JOB HIBBERD, New Windsor, Nd.
DENTON S. GEHR, Westminster, Md.
REFERENCES.
GRANVILLES.H AINES, Westminster, Nd
JOHN L. REIFSNIDER, Westminster, Nd.
JOB HIBBERD, New Windsor, Nd.
nov26-3mos
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pg A COMPLETE LINE OF PILLOW

@ A COMPLETE LINE OF PILLOW
SLAMS, sPLAsHERs, sCARFs, TIDES,
NEW AND CHOICE DESIGNS OF FELT
LAMBREoUINs, FELT scARFs FOR
TABLE STANDS, BoUFFET, BUREAUS.
PLUSH TABLE scARFs, PLUSH MAN
TIE scARFs, WHICH MAKE HAND
SOME PRESENTS.
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Is prepared to Repair all kinds of Machin-
cry. Special Machinery made to order.
Casting and Repairs for Machinery built at
the old Union Works, and by Z. Wagner,
can be furnished at short notice Carpenters
and Bailders in need Of Wood Working Ma
chinery win do well to call and examine my
improved Mortising Machine and Circular
Saw before purchasing elsewhere. All work
will be guaranteed. aug 28:y
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ALBUMS. ALBUMS.

Albums suitable for cabinet size; Autograph
Albums.
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VALUE OF THE CONGO.
A Doubt That the Country is Worth De-
veIoping-A Travellers Views.

A Doubt That the Country is Worth De-
veIoping-A Travellers Views.
The Italian traveller Bove has lately
Joined in the unfavOrable verdict upon
the value and the future of the Congo
state In a letter dated from Lucunga,
which the Roman paper, RaSsegna, re-
prints, he says: "The part of the country
through which I have travelled has not
altered the unfavOrabIe opinion which /
had formed of the Congo; on the con-
trary, everything ] have seen confirms
me in the belief of the insignificant value
of the district When | remember the
great stir which has been made with re-
gard to the Congo basin, the conferences
and transactions. and the numerous yes
sells which have been sent out, the hOm-
age and the congratulations which the
king of Belgium has received when I
think of the mean jealOusies, the i'll will,
and the examinations, | am inclined to
believe that mankind has advanced very
little in the real love of truth, and that
even great statesmen often stumble in
the dark.
'The Journey from Matadi to Lucunga
was a heavy piece of work; chains OF
mountains, steep hills, deep precipices,
endless hollows, rivers full of rapids,
and everywhere sandy deserts, and
underwood six or seven yards high,
through which the way lay for hours
and hours, as through d tunnel; the
whole body was whipped by the hard
grass. The excitement became quite
feYerish to get out of this torture and
breathe once more free air. Here and
there I came upon a tiny wood, and
every two or three hours upon d village
of four or five huts; then grassy deserts
again and hard rocks. All travellers unite
in praising the upper Congo state, its
bOundlesS forests, its wide water veins,
and the fertility of its soil. Well, before
long we. shall see how far this is true.
Manari appears to think as little of the
upper state rs Of the lower, and I share
his view that a great part Of the upper
Congo district is covered with immense
swamps The slow current of the river,
its width, the numerous slow tributaries,
and the large lakes from which these trib-
utaries spring, must indeed lead one to the
belief that the upper Congo district is
an immense plain.
''Aud supposing even that the country
on the upper Congo were paradise of
fertility, what good would it be to our
emigrantS to go to country where it
is almost impossible for Europeans to
work and where they would have to pay
half their earnings to doctors and chem
lists, Nor do I see for the present any
market for our commerce. l have re
peatedly said that it would be far more
useful to direct our attention to the coast
of west Africa, to Sierre Leone, Liberia,
and the Niger district, where traffic is on
the increase, where there is a numerous
and commercial population, and where
shortly the produce Of the western Sou
dan will pass along the great highway of
the Niger-which is, indeed, the river
which is Of greatest Importance to At
RIGA. '-Foreign Letter.
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People Who Live in Trees.

DR.. Louis Wolf, who made the sensa-
tiOnal discovery a while ago that the
Sankuru river afforded q more direct and
more easily navigated route to central
Africa than the Congo, made another dis
covery in the course of the same journey
which was quite as remarkable if not so
important On the banks of the LOp&m
river, far toward the center of the con-
tinent, he says he found whole villages
that were built in the trees. The ma
tives, partly to protect themselves from
the river when in flood, and partly to
make it more difficult for their enemies to
surprise them, build their huts on the
limbs Of the trees where the thick foliage
almost completely hides the structures
from view. The inmates possess almost
the agility of monkeys, and they climb
up to or descend from their little houses
with astonishing ease. 1t is believed they
are the only Africans yet known who
live in trees In Borneo some of the
natives are said 10 live in trees and Mr..
Cbalreers in his book on New Guinea,
tells of a number of tree houses that he
visited on that island. These huts, which
are built near the top of very high
trees, are used for lookout purposes, or
as a place of refuge for women and chill
dren in case Of attack. They are perfect
little huts with slopiug roofs and plat
forms in front, to which extends the long
ladder by means of which the natives
reach the hUtS Mr.. Gill describes one of
these houses which was used as a resi-
dence. He says it was well built, but
that it rocked uncomfOrtably in the wind.
New York Sun.
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LADIES' NURSE

AIDES WISHING a COMPETENT NURSE
L. can secure the services of Mrs. CHAA1PLAIN
by inqutring at Mrs. Hoyts, 115 King street,
corner Of AIakea street, 4G6- mays